PHONICS

PHONIC
PHONICS
PHONEMES

PHONICS

PHONEME

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET IPA

HOW TO TEACH PHONICS TO YOUR CHILD

HOW TO TEACH PHONICS TO PRESCHOOLERS

HOW TO TEACH PHONICS RELATED TOPICS

PHONEME RELATED TOPICS

PHONICS LINKS

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PHONICS

Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing of the English
language by developing learners' phonemic awareness—the ability to
hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes—in order to teach the
correspondence between these sounds and the spelling patterns
(graphemes) that represent them.

The goal of phonics is to enable beginning readers to decode new
written words by sounding them out, or in phonics terms, blending
the sound-spelling patterns.

Since it focuses on the spoken and written units within words,
phonics is a sublexical approach and, as a result, is often
contrasted with whole language, a word-level-up philosophy for
teaching reading.

PHONICS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonics

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PHONEME

A phoneme is a basic unit of a language's phonology, which is
combined with other phonemes to form meaningful units such as
words or morphemes.

The phoneme can be described as "The smallest contrastive linguistic
unit which may bring about a change of meaning".[1] In this way the
difference in meaning between the English words kill and kiss is a
result of the exchange of the phoneme /l/ for the phoneme /s/. Two
words that differ in meaning through a contrast of a single phoneme
form a minimal pair.

Phoneme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme

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INTERNATIONAL
PHONETIC
ALPHABET
IPA

The International Phonetic Alphabet (unofficially—though
commonly—abbreviated IPA) is an alphabetic system of
phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.

It was devised by the International Phonetic Association
as a standardized representation of the sounds of oral
language. The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign
language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language
pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language
creators, and translators.

The IPA is designed to represent only those qualities of
speech that are part of oral language: phones, phonemes,
intonation, and the separation of words and syllables.
To represent additional qualities of speech, such as tooth
gnashing, lisping, and sounds made with a cleft palate, an
extended set of symbols called the Extensions to the IPA
may be used.

International Phonetic Alphabet IPA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet+

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HOW TO
TEACH PHONICS
TO YOUR
CHILD

Phonics is a teaching technique in which your child learns to
recognize sounds and letters as well as how to blend them to
make words. Once your child understands phonics, he can decode
new words with greater ease. Phonics is taught in stages that
progress in difficulty and take time to master.

Rhyme and Clap

The first step is to build your child’s phenomic awareness, helping
him to recognize letters, sounds and syllables. Use activities, such
as rhyming and clapping games, to make this process fun. For example,
begin a rhyming game by saying a simple word, such as cat. Ask your
child to respond with a word that rhymes with cat, such as hat, bat
or fat. Clapping can help your child to recognize syllables. Show him
how to clap to the syllables in his own name. If your child’s name is
Edward, for instance, clap once for “Ed” and then a second time for
“ward.”

Blend and Segment

Once your child becomes familiar with common letters and sounds, teach
him the 44 phenome sounds by putting each sound on an index card. When
you show the card to your child, utter the phenome and then have your
child repeat the sound after you. This activity helps him to connect
the printed letter with the sound. Then, teach him the skill of blending
letters and sounds to make words. For example, say the letters “h,” “o”
and “t” separately and then blend the sounds to say “hot.” Reverse the
process -- called segmenting -- by having your child listen to a word
and then figure what sounds are needed to make the word.

Cover the Alphabet and Letter Teams

Teach your child the alphabet so he also learns less common letters, such
as "j", "v" and "w." Sing the “Alphabet Song” together and have him play
with alphabet blocks or magnetic letters. Next, introduce him to letter
teams -- digraphs – in which two letters form one sound. Among the many
digraphs are: "sh," "ch," "th," "ow," "oi" and "ee." Also, teach your
child consonant clusters in which two consonants blend to make one sound,
such as "fr," "st" and "cl." Use a whiteboard and write words with
diagraphs or consonant clusters, but leave out letters. Help your child
fill in the blanks. Have your child identify objects in pictures, such as
a drawing of a frog by a tree.

Teach Long Vowels and Tricky Words

The next leap for your child is to learn that there is more than one way
to make long vowel sounds, according to the BBC. For example, you can make
a long "e" sound with "ea" and "ee." Your child should also learn that
long vowel sounds can be made when letter teams are split. The "a" and "e"
in bake are no longer paired but separated to make the long vowel "a."
Finally, gradually introduce your child to tricky words that don’t follow
the phonics’ rules, such as "you," "my," "they" and "her."

How to Teach Phonics to Your Child
http://www.ehow.com/how_2283582_teach-phonics-child.html

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HOW TO
TEACH PHONICS
TO
PRESCHOOLERS

Children in preschool are at the age where they are just beginning
to understand phonics and the alphabetic principle, or the idea
that there is a connection between written letters and spoken
sounds. The Scholastic website notes that by the time children enter
kindergarten they should be able to recognize all written letters by
name and some written letters by sound, but they are not expected to
know more complex skills such as word blending. Teaching children
these beginning phonics skills often takes explicit instruction and
repeated lessons.

Instructions

1. Allow students to explore letters and sounds.

Provide simple hands-on toys for your students to explore such as
alphabet blocks, magnetic letters and books to expose students to
letters and words from an early age.

2. Introduce the connection between written letters and letter names.

Sing alphabet songs with your class and show students a picture of each
letter as they sing. Talk to students about how each letter has an upper
case and lower case and play matching activities, such as bingo or memory,
with both sets of letters.

3. Discuss how each letter represents a sound.

Show children a letter and have them stand up if their name begins with
the letter you have selected. Model writing for students, and comment on
sounds you hear, such as, "I hear a D sound at the beginning of dog, and
I know that sound means I should write the letter D."

4. Select letters to teach explicitly to your preschool students.

Teach letters to students one at a time. The Reading Rockets website suggests
introducing letters with simple sounds, such as F, M and S, and those that
are used frequently, like A, H and T first. Explain to students that each
letter makes a certain sound, or sounds, and complete simple activities for
each letter and sound that you introduce, such as finding items in the classroom
that begin with the letter or making a list of words that start with the letter's
sound.

5. Work at your students' speed.

While many preschools choose a letter of the week, many children are able to learn
several sounds per week, so long as similar sounds, such as B and V, and similar
looking letters, such as G and Q, are taught separately from each other. For
preschoolers who are comfortable with simple letter and sound relationships,
consider introducing the sounds of consonant blends, such as BL and GR, and
digraphs like CH and TH.

6. Reinforce your students' phonics skills.

Add the letters and sounds that your students have learned into classroom activities.
Review skills by having students match picture cards with the letters they begin or
end with, making the letter sound when shown a written letter or through other simple
classroom games and activities.

How to Teach Phonics to Preschoolers
http://www.ehow.com/how_7682879_teach-phonics-preschoolers.html

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HOW TO
TEACH PHONICS
RELATED
TOPICS

How to Teach Phonics to Young Children
http://www.ehow.com/how_4457723_teach-phonics-young-children.html

How to Teach Letter Sounds to Preschoolers
http://www.ehow.com/how_6624204_teach-letter-sounds-preschoolers.html

Ways to Teach Phonics to 3 to 4 Year Olds
http://www.ehow.com/info_8424418_ways-teach-phonics-4yearolds.html

How to Teach Phonics in Kindergarten
http://www.ehow.com/how_8294604_teach-phonics-kindergarten.html

How to Teach Phonics to Your Child
http://www.ehow.com/how_2283582_teach-phonics-child.html

How to Teach Children Phonetics
http://www.ehow.com/how_8787579_teach-children-phonetics.html

What Are the Factors Affecting Reading Performance?
http://www.ehow.com/info_8131482_factors-affecting-reading-performance.html

How Can a Teacher Teach Phonics to Young Children?
http://www.ehow.com/video_4952226_how-can-teacher-teach-phonics.html

Preschool Alphabet Checklist
http://www.ehow.com/info_8546204_preschool-alphabet-checklist.html

How to Teach Phonics at Home
http://www.ehow.com/how_8065305_teach-phonics-home.html

How to Handle Violent or Aggressive Children in Preschool
http://www.ehow.com/how_7923608_handle-violent-aggressive-children-preschool.html

Kindergarten Phonics Activities
http://www.ehow.com/info_7837613_kindergarten-phonics-activities.html

How to Teach Phonics to Elementary Children
http://www.ehow.com/how_6639541_teach-phonics-elementary-children.html

How to Teach Phonics in a Fun Way
http://www.ehow.com/how_8171794_teach-phonics-fun-way.html

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PHONEME
RELATED
TOPICS

Allophone
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/allophoneterm.htm

Alternation
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Alternation.htm

Arbitrariness
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Arbitrariness.htm

Connected Speech
http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/Connected-Speech.htm

Digraph
http://grammar.about.com/od/d/g/digraphterm.htm

Free Variation
http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/a/Free-Variation-phonetics.htm

International Phonetic Alphabet
http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/InternationalPhoneticAlphabetterm.htm

Minimal Pair
http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/minpairterm.htm

Mutation
http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/Mutation.htm

Phonetics
http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/phoneticsterms.htm

Phonology
http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/phonologyterm.htm

Segment
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Segment.htm

Suprasegmental
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Suprasegmental.htm

Speech (Linguistics)
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/speechterm.htm

Stop (Phonetics)
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Stop-Phonetics.htm

Tongue Twisters
http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/Tongue-Twister-term.htm

Word Boundaries
http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/Word-Boundary.htm

phoneme
http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/phonemeterm.htm

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PHONICS
FREE
LESSON PLANS
LINKS

44 English Phonemes Chart
http://reading-sage.blogspot.com/2011/08/44-english-phonemes-chart.html

The 44 Phonemes in English
http://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/44-phonemes-in-english.html

44 phonics sound free download chart book
http://www.booklad.org/docid/44+phonics+sound+free+download+chart/

44 Sounds (Phonemes) of the English Language and Their Spellings
http://www.rainbowreaders.com/materials/44-sounds-phonemes-of-the-english-language-and-their-spellings/

The Alphabetic Principle
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3408

Alphabet/Phonics
http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/teaching_the_alphabet.html#.VOjfns90w5s

Consonants -Lessons
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3408

Consonants Lessons
http://kidzone.ws/kindergarten/consonants.htm

Fantastic Phonics Lesson Plans
http://readingcomprehensionlessons.com/fantastic-phonics-lesson-plans/

Free Phonics Lessons
http://freephonicslessons.com/index.html

Free Phonics, Reading, and Comprehension Worksheets
http://www.tlsbooks.com/englishworksheets3.htm

Free Phonics Reading Lessons
http://www.spellingrules.com/free-spelling-rules/free-phonics-reading-lessons/

Free Phonics Printouts
http://www.theteachersguide.com/phonicsworksheets.htm

Free Phonics Worksheets
http://athome.readinghorizons.com/resources/worksheets

Free Phonics Worksheets
http://free-phonics-worksheets.com/

i2speak.com free online smart IPA keyboard
http://www.i2speak.com/

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International Phonetic Alphabet Chart with Sounds
http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/

International Phonetic Association
http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org

IPA Phonetic Chart
http://www.esl-lounge.com/pronunciation/phonetic-chart.php

K-6 Elementary Education Lesson Plans & Teacher Resource
http://www.k6edu.com/

Kindergarten Level 1 phonics lesson plans
http://www.kizphonics.com/kindergarten-level-1-phonics-lesson-plans/

Linguistics IPA LAB (with chart and audio files)
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/ipa-lab.htm

Online Kindergarten Lesson Plans
http://www.jumpstart.com/teachers/lesson-plans/grade-based-lesson-plans/kindergarten-lesson-plans

Phonemes Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Printables
http://searchplanit.com/lesson_plans/index.php/2011/06/phonemes-lesson-plans-worksheets-and-printables/

Phonemic Awareness
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts/__Grades_K-2/Phonemic_Awareness/index.shtml

Phonemic Awareness Activities
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/phonics/

Phonics
http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/phonics.php

Phonics Fair
http://phonicsfair.com/

Phonics Lesson Plans
http://www.study24-7.com/lesson-plans/phonics-lesson-plans.html

Phonics Lesson Plans
http://free-worksheets.com/

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Phonics Lesson Plans
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/phonics/

Phonics Lesson Plans
http://lesson-plans.theteacherscorner.net/reading/phonics/

Phonics Lesson Plan
http://schoolbus123.tripod.com/allaboutme/id12.html

Phonics-Lesson-Plan
http://www.kinderplans.com/blog/2012/09/26/phonics-lesson-plan/

Phonics Lesson Plans
http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics-lesson-plans/

PHONICS LESSONS, WORKSHEETS, AND RESOURCES
http://www.instructorweb.com/resources/phonics.asp

Phonics Printables and Worksheets
http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Phonics.htm

Phonics Teacher Resources
http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/phonics

Phonics Worksheets
http://schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2254

Phonological Awareness Lessons
http://www.readinga-z.com/phonological-awareness/phonological-awareness-lessons/

Printable Vowel And Consonant Phonics Charts
http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/phonics_printables.html#.VOkc7890w5s

Short Vowels
http://www.jumpstart.com/common/short-vowels

Sing Your Way Through Phonics
http://actionfactor.com/pages/lesson-plans/lesson-plans.html

Synthetic Phonics Lesson Plans and Activities
http://www.getreadingright.com.au/phonics-lesson-plans/

Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.com/

Teaching Phonics K - 6
http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/teaching-phonics-k-6.html#.VOjbX890w5s

Teach with Phonics Skills Chart
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4499

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Difference Between
http://www.differencebetween.info/

Education.com
http://www.education.com/

Academic Educational Encyclopedia
http://academickids.com/

Nick Jr.
http://www.nickjr.com/

Highlights Kids.com
http://www.highlightskids.com/

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